With some creative planning and forethought, these times don’t need to be stressful, if we keep looking far enough down the road. Many of us with budget and time restraints may just need to design our stages in, well, phases.

With some creative planning and forethought, these times don’t need to be stressful, if we keep looking far enough down the road. Many of us with budget and time restraints may just need to design our stages in, well, phases.

The January-February 2018 issue of Worship Facilities Magazine offers articles about the many steps a church had to take in the aftermath of a fire, and another involving a church making the jump to 4K.

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When purchasing an LED screen, you must consider the distance the viewer will be from the screen. The further away the viewer is the higher pitch the screen can have, which helps lower the cost of the screen.

The popularity of LED screens in worship centers has greatly increased over the last few years. When seeing that screen, I never would have imagined something like that ever being available for a church.

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The popularity of LED screens in worship centers has greatly increased over the last few years. When seeing that screen, I never would have imagined something like that ever being available for a church.

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The January-February 2018 issue of Worship Facilities Magazine offers articles about the many steps a church had to take in the aftermath of a fire, and another involving a church making the jump to 4K.

Daniel Beard · September 22, 2017

I remember the first LED screen I ever saw was at a Paul McCartney concert at Boston Garden in 2005. I remember it being really bright, and it looked amazing. At the time, I had no idea why it looked so much better than regular projection screens, but now I know it was because it was an LED screen.

The popularity of LED screens in worship centers has greatly increased over the last few years.

At the time, that screen probably would have cost a million dollars, but now it could possibly be purchased for somewhere between $50,000 and $75,000. (That cost comparison might be a little exaggerated, but prices have dropped greatly over the past decade or so.)

The popularity of LED screens in worship centers has greatly increased over the last few years. When seeing that screen, I never would have imagined something like that ever being available for a church. While the expense of an LED screen can be cost prohibitive for some churches, many churches are adding them to their worship centers, thanks in large part because of their drop in price over the years.

LED screens can be used for enhancing a worship experience by adding motion video as a background, displaying video content (such as song lyrics, video announcements or sermon intro video), or for playing a live or prerecorded message in the situation of a remote campus.

One of the benefits of having an LED screen is that you do not have to worry about replacing lamps on a projector. While lamps on a projector can last for a few years, if a projector is only used a few hours each week, LED screens can last exponentially longer. Although this requires more upfront cost, it does cut down on maintenance in the future.

When purchasing an LED screen, you must consider the distance the viewer will be from the screen. The further away the viewer is the higher pitch the screen can have, which helps lower the cost of the screen. Pitch is the distance between each pixel. The lower the pitch, the closer together the pixels are, which results in higher resolution. However, the price does increase the lower the pixel pitch.

LED screens can also be configured in various ways, based on the number of LED panels you have. Typically LED panels come in one-foot squares. You can add additional panels to your screen to increase the size, or you can vary placement of the panels to provide interesting views, such as staggering heights of the panels to provide a unique background display.

Daniel Beard has served on staff at Clements Baptist Church in Athens, Ala., for more than 12 years. As the church's Media Director, he oversees all aspects of audio, video, web and print media. Daniel worked for 10 years at Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala. After leaving Fame, he began doing production and mixing at his personal studio in Harvest, Ala., as well as other studios in Muscle Shoals. Two of the albums Daniel worked on were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2014. Daniel has produced and mixed songs for major motion pictures and has mixed several #1 and top 10 albums and singles. Some of the artists Daniel has worked with include Anthony Hamilton, Alicia Keys, Gavin DeGraw, Shenandoah, Alabama, Candi Staton and Eric Essix. He can be found on Twitter @danielbeard.

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The January-February 2018 issue of Worship Facilities Magazine offers articles about the many steps a church had to take in the aftermath of a fire, and another involving a church making the jump to 4K.

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